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8/8/2014 5:45PM

Hitchhiking Robot Wants to Learn About Humans

HitchBOT, a robot developed by two Canadian professors is hitchhiking its way across the Great White North. HitchBOT says the purpose of its journey is to “make new friends, have interesting conversations, and see new places along the way”.

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... who can read books and take photos simultaneously reducing instability cover station ... look no further than that spot ... the built in Ontario Canada Bread Dr David Smith from McMaster University and Dr Frost is all are from Ryerson University the three foot tall poppies on request troubles way across Canada ... their goals to see how humans react with a robot ... and to find out of robots can trust him in it's ... it's like a robots file on goal was to reach Victoria British Columbia by the end of summer ... it's felt include conversing with people as you may have guessed ... that cannot get driver's licenses yet ... as well as reading and taking photos the post social networks that loves body is wrapped in solar panels and it to be plugged into a car lighter discrete charts ... you can also track that starts progress on its ... website and its Twitter handle ... its part says on its website that is hoping to make new friends ... and interesting cover stations ... to see new places along the way ... so in addition to having a lot tougher caribou wolves by someone driving across a statue on whom now have to keep an eye out for